Car-fender.



' T. J. MARION.

GAB. FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. 1910.

91,732. 7 Y Patented May 9,1911.

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T. J. MARION.

GAR FENDER,

APPLIOATION TILED JUNE 3.1910.

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h awuwiio'z .THOMAS J. MARION, 0F TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application filed June 3, 1910. Serial No. 564,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. MARION, a citizen of the United States,residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey,have inx'ented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car fenders, the object of theinvention being to provide an improved fender pivotally connected to thecar with improved means for holding the fender elevated, improvedmechanism for releasing the holding means, and springs for forcing thefender down onto the track, and preventing it from bouncing up, so as toinsure the picking up of a person or object on the track.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a sectional plan viewillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, is a view in side elevation. Figs.3, and 4,-are enlarged views in side elevation illustrating the springmechanism for the fender. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail viewsillustrating the means for holding the fender elevated, and Fig. 8, isan enlarged View illustrating the flexible connecting device and itspassage through the dash board.

1, represents a platform and 2 the dash board of an ordinary trolleycar. A frame 3 is secured to the under face of the platform 1 by meansof bolts 4E, and this frame is preferably a single casting having across bar 5 connecting the longitudinal members which are secured to theplatform 1. The forward ends of the longitudinal members of the frame 3are bifurcated, and arms 6 immovably fixed to the fender rod 7 arepivotally supported in these bifurcated ends by means of bolts 8.

The fender proper may, of course, be made in various ways, but Ipreferably employ one consist-ing of a metal frame connected by a ropenetting 9, and the side members of the fender frame are connected by across rod 10, to which a flexible connect-ing device 11 is secured,which is adapted to hold the fender in an elevated position, as willmore fully hereinafter appear.

Upright lugs 12 are provided on frame F 3, and on the rear bar of thefender. Coiled springs 13 are positioned between the lugs on frame 3 andthe fender, so as to normally press the forward end of the fender ontothe track. These springs are held against displacement by small studs 14on the lugs 12.

The flexible connecting device 11, above referred to, passes through aneye 15 in the dash board 2, and then extends downward through an opening16 in the top of a box 17, and is then fixed to a reel 18 mounted on ashaft 19, projecting through the box.

The box 17 is fixed to the platform 1, and a light convolute spring 20is secured at one end to the shaft 19, and at its other end to the box,and this spring has sufficient strength to wind the reel when the weightof the fender is relieved or overcome, so that when the motorman drawsthe fender upward by pulling on the flexible connecting device 11, thespring 20 will turn the reel 18 and wind the device 11 thereon. Tofacilitate this movement of the fender, a button or hand-hold 21 issecured on the flexibleconnecting device 11 within easy reach of themotorman.

To hold the fender at the desired elevation, a ratchet wheel 22 is fixedto the shaft 19 outside of the box 17, and is engaged by a dog 23 fixedto a foot-lever 24, and the latter is pivoted on a pin 25 at one side ofthe box 17 and normally held in engagement with the ratchet wheel bymeans of a spring 26. The fender is normally held in the p0- sitionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the motorman sees a person orobject on the track, he depresses foot-lever 24, causing the dog 23 torelease the ratchet wheel 22, permitting the shaft 19, and reel l8toturn, thus allowing springs 13 to force the downward onto the track, andthese springs 13 will hold the fender in its lowered position,preventing it from bounding upwardly and assuring the picking up of theperson or object on the track.

To elevate the fender, the motorman grasps the button 21, and elevatesthe fender, the spring 20 serving to turn the reel and wind the ropethereon, the ratchet wheel during this movement riding under the dog 23.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence Ido not limitmyself to the precise details set forth, but consider fendermyself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a car, of a frame on the car, a fend-er, arms onthe fender pivotally connected to said frame, upwardly projecting lugson the fender, and on the frame, coiled springs between said lugsexerting pressure on the fender to force it downwardly, a flexibledevice connected to the front end of the fender, and a ratchet mechanismon the car controlling said flexible device, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a car, of a frame secured to the car, a tender,arms fixed to the rear end of the fender and pivotally connected to saidframe, upwardly projecting lugs on the fender and frame, coiled springsbetween said lugs exerting pressure on the fender to force itdownwardly, and means for holding the fender in elevated position,substantially as described.

3, The combination with a car, a fender pivotally connected to the car,a dash board on the car having an opening therein, and a flexibleconnecting device secured at one end to the fender and projectingthrough the opening in the dash board, of a box located on the platform,a shaft projecting through the box, a reel in said box on which theflexible connecting device is wound, a spring tending to turn said reelin one direc- 5 tion to wind the flexible connecting device thereon, aratchet wheel on said shaft, a pivoted foot-lever, a dog on said leverengaging the ratchet wheel, and a spring holding said dog in engagementwith the ratchet wheel, 0 substantially as described.

l. The combination with a car, a fender pivotally connected to the car,a dash board on the car having an opening therein, and a flexibleconnecting device secured at one 45 end to the fender and projectingthrough the opening in the dash board, of a box located on the platform,a shaft projecting through the box, a reel in said box on which theflexible connecting device is wound, a 5 spring tending to turn saidreel in one direction to wind the flexible connecting device thereon, aratchet wheel on said shaft, a pivoted foot-lever, a dog on said leverengaging the ratchet wheel, a spring holding said dog 5: in engagementwith the ratchet wheel, and coiled springs exerting pressure on thefender to press the fender downward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my as name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS J. MARION.

Witnesses R. H. KRENKEL, C. E, Por'rs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for. five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Ifatents, Washington, D. C.

